Unfortunately i got a bull tag.

[fisherguy]

Got my tag in the mail...one bull moose during the rifle season (first weekend in October to Dec 15th). Here is where it gets bad. An hour later i get a call telling me i have a job offer with the police service i have been in the application process with. It is conditional to me renewing one document next week, but looks like i am in. If i get that done it time I will be gone to Southern Ontario from mid August to the end of November or early december. So best case scenario i might get a long weekend to hunt. I am thrilled after such a long and stressful hiring process i am so close to being hired...but really couldn't they wait and send me for training with the January group? lol

[Shaun_300]

Oh man! That sucks Jim!

Are you coming back to Ottawa for school this year? If you are we'll head out for a deer hunt or some ducks or small game.

[fisherguy]

nope, pending me getting that test done on the 8th i will be at OPC all fall (basically the police academy). worst part is the posting they are pushing me through for is 3 hours south of the unit my tag is good for...so even if i make it to the posting before the end of the season, i will have to travel up for a weekend hunt. Maybe if i dream of it they will postpone me to the january class at OPC. lol

[njbowhntr]

That is a tough position to be in, but a very good position in the same. Well I hope everything with the OPC works out for you, and that you get to make it out for a long weekend and score on a nice bull. Maybe you will be able to have the best of both worlds this time.

Good luck

[Shaun_300]

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nope, pending me getting that test done on the 8th i will be at OPC all fall (basically the police academy). worst part is the posting they are pushing me through for is 3 hours south of the unit my tag is good for...so even if i make it to the posting before the end of the season, i will have to travel up for a weekend hunt. Maybe if i dream of it they will postpone me to the january class at OPC. lol

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Hey Jim are you at the one down in Aylmer, ON? If so my cousin is there, she got on with the Ottawa Police Department and she's doing her training right now.

[doughboy1956]

Congrats and hopefully you will bag one on the long weekend.

[fisherguy]

Ya, I am in Aylmer Shaun. And dut to midterms bieng immediately after the long weekend i had no chance to go home. The worst part is the guys got a bull and a calf, and passed on 4 other bulls (including the big one i missed with my bow last Year). They had him within 100 yards in the open for over 2 hourst total over 3 days, but passed him in favour of a tender yearling. Oh well, once I get up to first class salary i guess i can finance some moose tripsto other places as well as home. Chances are i have met your cousin...480 of us here, but i think i have met all the Ottawa girls.